Language, linguistics, latin

I STREAM ON TWITCH #@PUELLALINGUAE 23. Germany. She/Her German native. Spanish C1. French, Italian B2. Dutch, Turkish B1. Greek, Arabic A2 Finnish, Czech, Japanese A1-A2 also latin and classics

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C1 is a tricky level because you can talk about history and evolution but somehow have no idea how to say toothpick.

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*** watch with sound ***

Historic steam engine: Sets off developing huge clouds of smoke and steam

Public address system: Please note: Smoking in the station is only allowed in the designated smoking areas.

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HI! Do you have any resources for Egyptian Arabic? I saw you made a post on Lebanese Arabic and I was wondering if you have a similar list of resources for Egyptian dialect.

Hello! Yes, of course. I’ll share some useful links that I found. I think that those who want to learn the Egyptian dialect are lucky because there are a lot of learning materials (music, movies, dramas, and  animated movies are mostly dubbed in Egyptian dialect).

Memrise has some online courses for Egyptian dialect [link]

Pimsleur has online course for the Egyptian dialect [link]

Egyptian Arabic website has general information about the Egyptian dialect and some online courses for beginners [link]

learn 101 has detailed online lessons with audio files [link]

Arabic pod 101 channel on YouTube posts videos about Egyptian Arabic vocabulary (they mention on the videos that they are in Egyptian Arabic) [link]

Free language videos channel on YouTube has a series about Egyptian phrases [part 1 link] [part 2 link] [part 3 link] [part 4 link] [part 5 link] [part 6 link] [part 7 link] [part 8 link]

The Egyptian Arabic is a channel on Youtube that used to upload videos about learning the Egyptian dialect it’s not active now but take a look at the videos there [link]

Arab Academy website has online Egyptian dialect courses [link]

Talk in Arabic website has online Egyptian dialect course [link]

Mango website has online Egyptian dialect courses [link]

My languages.org has online lessons (mostly vocabulary) [link]

Conversation in Arabic (Egyptian dialect) book [link]

Egyptian Arabic vocabulary book [link]

Egyptian Arabic vocabulary and phrasebook [link]

Say it in Arabic : Egyptian dialect book [link]

Good luck! I hope this was helpful.

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how I wish that was true

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Dutch Homonyms.

Homonyms are words with multiple meanings.

Bank

1: The bank that handles money.

2: A bench.

3: A sandbank (zandbank)

Vorst

1: A king, emperor

2: Frost

Sla

1: Lettuce

2: From the verb “slaan”,  meaning “to hit”. (Ik sla - I hit)

Naar

1: Direction. “Ik ga naar daar” (I’m going there)

2: Bothersome, annoying. 

Blik

1: A look, gaze

2: A can

Spinnen

1: Plural of “spin”, meaning “spider”

2: Purring (of a cat)

3: Spinning wool.

Lijken

1: Plural of “lijk”, meaning “corpse”

2: To look like / to resemble

3: To seem 

Waren

1: Goods

2: From the verb “zijn”, meaning “to be” (Zij waren- they were)

Weken

1: Plural of “week”, meaning “week”

2: To soak

Schop

1: A shovel

2: A kick

Gerecht

1: A dish

2: The court

Kater

1: A male cat

2: A hangover

Graven

1: To dig

2: Plural of “graf”, meaning “grave”

Ofcourse there are a lot more! Add to the list if you want :) x Tamara

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Bot: bone, rude, blunt

Wind: wind, fart

Kop: cup, head

Stom: stupid, mute

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My favourite will always be monster (monster & sample)

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The last one changes everything, I got a small shampoo sample bottle years ago called "Shampoo monster" but it smelled like flowers. The more you know...

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Lovely baby ducks

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Brb, putting baking soda on my toes because apparently something will happen

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The most annoying thing about learning Greek is that so many resources labeled just “Greek” are actually ANCIENT Greek, as if modern Greek isn’t a language that exists.

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Greece: one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, lots of opportunities for greek-speaking foreigners, rich in modern art and poetry

75% of greek resources: Greek Has Not Been Spoken Since 100 CE

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Mörkövahti Chapter 26 - 31.

mieluiten - preferably tyrkätä - to nudge pyykkinaru - clothesline ennemmin tai myöhemmin - sooner or later yksittäinen - single vetää puoleensa - to attract tietynlainen - of a certain kind pääskynen - swallow (bird) oljenkorsi - straw kiistatta - undeniably

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Langblr Word of the Day Challenge

Day 18: Trust 

uskoutua - to trust luottaa - to trust luotettava - trusthworthy luottamus, luotto - trust

Day 19: Letter 💌

kirje - letter rakkauskirje - love letter kirjekuori - envelope kirjeystävä - penpal sähköposti - e-mail

kirjain - letter (in the alphabet)

Post vocab

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Langblr Word of the Day Challenge

Day 20: Library 📚

kirjasto - library kirjastonhoitaja - librarian kirja - book lainata - to borrow lukea - to read e-kirja - e-book äänikirja - audiobook

Library vocab Book vocab

Here’s a photo of the Helsinki Public Library:

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Langblr Word of the Day Challenge

Day 21: Forest 🌲🌳

puu - tree metsä - forest

Ei näe metsää puilta - Can’t see the forest for the trees Niin metsä vastaa kuin sinne huudetaan - “The forest answers in the same way one shouts at it“ - What goes around comes around (From Finnish sayings)

Tree vocab

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Langblr Word of the Day Challenge

Day 22: Create 

luoda - to create luoja - creator luova - creative luomiskyky - creativity

I don’t have any good content for this one! I guess we’re all creating something when it comes to langblr, whether posts or just our own exercises…

Onko Tumblrissa kaikki luoja? - Is everyone a creator on Tumblr? Luomiskyky on tärkeää töissä. - Creativity is important at work. Luon aina jotakin uutta, kun opin kieliä. - I always create something new when I learn languages.

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Langblr Word of the Day Challenge

Day 25: High 🗻

korkea - high, tall matala - low korkeakoulu - college, university

Adjectives

Day 26: Ghost 👻

kummitus, aave, haamu - ghost, spirit kummitella - to haunt kummitustarina - ghost story kummitustalo - haunted house

pukukummitus - “suit ghost”:  A person who insists on being sharply and formally dressed, but who appears to do little, if any, actual work. Almost always used of men, but sometimes of women too.

A Finnish ghost post

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some words in greek that I find beautiful when spoken

ωκεανός (ocean)  αιώνια (eternal) εσπερινός (evening) αηδόνια (nightingales)  ανέμοι (winds) ευλογία (blessing) ουράνια (heavens)  βυθό (depth) αγάπη (love)  ψυχή (soul) άγνωστοι (unknown) εξομολογηθώ (confess) αοράτου (invisible) νυχτωδία (nocturnal) αρχαία (ancient) άστρα (stars) μοίρα (fate)

(part 2)

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Painting in Greek

Painting - Ζωγραφική Painter - Ζωγράφος Watercolor - Υδατογραφία Oil painting - Ελαιογραφία or Ακουαρέλα Paint brush - Πινέλο Paper - Χαρτί Canvas - Μουσαμάς or Καμβάς Art - Τέχνη Basic colors - Βασικά χρώματα

(this is based on what I could get from el.wiki so please correct anything that’s wrong)